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Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2019
Applicant:

F-secure Corporation, Helsinki, FI;

Inventors:

Mikko Suominen, Helsinki, FI;

Dmitriy Komashinskiy, Espoo, FI;

Fredrik Kock, Kirkkonummi, FI;

Assignee:

Withsecure Corporation, Helsinki, FI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/566 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a method of detecting a threat against a computer system. The method includes monitoring installation and operation of multiple different versions of the same application in a computer system; analysing evolutionary changes between the behaviours of the different versions of the same application; detecting and monitoring a new version of the same application in a computer system; monitoring the behavior of the computer system to detect one or more procedures of the monitored application that do not match expected behaviors of the monitored application on the basis of the analysis; and upon detection of one or more procedures not matching the expected behaviors of the monitored application, identifying the monitored application as malicious or suspicious.


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